Hilary Hawley
Seattle University
Department of English, Casey 5W
Seattle, Washington 98102
Office: (206) 220-8217
E-mail: hawleyh@seattleu.edu
Employment
Core Lecturer, English
Seattle University
2008-present
Charles Blackburn Postdoctoral Fellow in English
Washington State University
2007-2008
Instructor, English
Washington State University
2006-2007
Education
2002-2006
Ph. D. English: Literature, Washington State University, Pullman, August 2006
Examination areas: American Literature: Civil War-Contemporary, Western Literature and
Ecocriticism.
Dissertation: Water/Power in the Pacific Northwest (Director: Joan Burbick)
My project examines the disparity between the widely touted political, economic, and
technological value of Reclamation on the Columbia River system and the cultural,
environmental, and spiritual devastation these same projects have wreaked. I employ ecofeminist
and environmental justice theories in analyzing the rhetoric which made Reclamation on the
Columbia River system possible and which is still invoked today. I demonstrate how political,
economic, and technological concerns were privileged, while the cultural, environmental, and
spiritual concerns of Native American and other underrepresented stakeholders were largely
ignored. Faced with environmental racism, classism, and sexism that rendered them unable to
receive fair representation in mainstream media channels, many Native and Northwest writers
turned to literature to express their concerns about the dams’ lasting effects, including Sherman
Alexie, Elizabeth Woody, Gloria Bird, Kim Barnes, and David James Duncan. I demonstrate how
this environmental justice literature not only raises awareness of the inextricable links between
social and natural environments, but also imagines possible futures and creates a roadmap for
change.
1999-2001
M.A. English: Literature, Eastern Washington University, Cheney
Secondary emphases: Writing Instruction and College Instruction
Thesis: Expanding the Canon: A Case for Hisaye Yamamoto’s ‘Seventeen Syllables’ and
‘Yoneko’s Earthquake’ (Director: Anthony Flinn)
1992-1996
B.A. English, University of Washington, Seattle
B.A. Business Administration: Accounting, University of Washington, Seattle
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Teaching Experience
Courses at Seattle University:
“Local, All-Natural, Organic: The Rhetoric of Sustainable Food.” (Academic Writing Seminar). Linked course
with Wellness Learning Community, service learning course
“Literature and the Environmental Imagination” (introductory literature course). Linked course with Hurtado
Learning Community
“Utopias and Dystopias.” (introductory literature course)
“Villains” (introductory literature course) Linked course with Wellness Learning Community
Literature courses at WSU:
American Nature Writing and Ecological Issues (400-level special topics course, cross-listed under English and
American Studies)
Twentieth-Century Novel (400-level elective with a focus on world literature)
Twentieth-Century Novel (400-level elective, taught online for Distance Degree students via Blackboard)
Writing about Literature (300-level requirement, English majors)
Introduction to American Studies (200-level interdisciplinary course, listed under American Studies, English,
History, and Women’s Studies), focus on connection to environmental issues
Readings in American Literature (200-level elective, required for majors), emphasis on American nature writing
and relationship to wilderness
Mythology (100-level elective, majors and non-majors)
Introduction to Literature (100-level elective, majors and non-majors)
Composition and Rhetoric courses at WSU:
Writing and Rhetorical Conventions (300-level required writing course for several majors)
Honors Writing and Research (200-level required writing course for Honors College)
Writing and Research (200-level required writing course for several majors)
Introductory Writing (100-level general education requirement), multiple sections focused on an environmental
theme
Basic Writing (100-level pre-requirement for Introductory Writing)
Teaching Assistant/Grader positions at WSU:
World Civilizations to 1500 (100-level general education requirement)
Humanities in the Ancient World (100-level Humanities elective)
Mythology (100-level Humanities elective)
Literature courses at EWU:
Introduction to Literature (100-level elective, majors and non-majors)
Composition and Rhetoric courses at EWU:
College Composition: Analysis, Research, and Documentation (200-level general education
requirement)
College Composition: Exposition and Argumentation (100-level general education requirement)
Fundamentals of English Composition (100-level pre-requirement for College Composition)
Composition Courses at Spokane Community College:
English Composition (100-level general education requirement)
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Publications
Instructor’s Manual for Global Issues, Local Arguments, 3E. Boston: Longman, 2012.
Instructor’s Manual for Global Issues, Local Arguments, 2E. Boston: Longman, 2010.
“What Once Was Fluid is Now Fixed: The Damming of the Columbia River.” New Directions in Ecofeminist
Literary Criticism, ed. Andrea K. Campbell. Cambridge Scholars Press, 2008.
Presentations and Panels (refereed)
“’Sustainable’ Agriculture? The World According to Monsanto and Syngenta.” Biennial Conference of the
Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, Bloomington, IN, June 2011.
“Sustainability and Service Learning in the Composition Classroom: Rethinking the Terms, Raising the Stakes.”
Conference on College Composition and Communication, Louisville, KY, March 2010.
“Learning from the Extinctathon in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake.” Biennial Conference of the Association
for the Study of Literature and the Environment, Victoria, BC, June 2009.
Chair, "After the Apocalypse: What Has Been Lost, What Has Been Created, and What Could Be.” Biennial
Conference of the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, Victoria, BC, June 2009.
“What Once Was Fluid is Now Fixed: The Damming of the Columbia River.” Western Literature Association
Conference, Tacoma, WA, October 2007.
“Woody Guthrie Sells the Dams to America.” Biannual Conference of the Association for the Study of Literature
and the Environment, Spartanburg, SC, June 2007.
“Cultural Activism as Environmental Justice in Castillo's So Far From God.” Western Literature Association
Conference, Boise, ID, October 2006.
“Speaking for Salmon: Native Writers Respond to the Damming of the Columbia River,” Pacific Northwest
American Studies Association Conference, Spokane, WA, April 2006.
“’A Man Who Looked Just Like Love’: Ways of Knowing in Gloria Naylor’s Mama Day.” Rocky Mountain
Modern Language Association Convention, Coeur d’Alene, ID, October 2005. Nominated for Best Graduate
Presentation.
“Water/Power in the Pacific Northwest: The War of Words for Grand Coulee.” Biannual Conference of the
Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, Eugene, OR, June 2005.
“Progress as Physical and Spiritual Loss: The Role of Dams in Three Writers of the American West,” Pacific
Northwest American Studies Association Conference, Lincoln City, OR, April 2003.
Chair, “Poets and Poetics,” Pacific Northwest American Studies Association Conference, Lincoln City, OR, April
2003.
“The Language of Constraint: The Short Stories of Hisaye Yamamoto,” Pacific Northwest American Studies
Association Conference, Spokane, WA, April 2002.
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“Overcoming the Challenges of Student Apathy through Argumentation,” co-presented with Jeff Holmes,
Conference on College Composition and Communication, Denver, CO, March 2001.
Related Experience
2011-2012
Writer and researcher for revision of June Johnson’s Global Issues, Local Arguments
(third edition, Longman, 2012).
2011
Writer and researcher for revision of John Bean and June Johnson’s Writing Arguments
(ninth edition, Longman, 2011)
2008-2009
Writer and researcher for revision of June Johnson’s Global Issues, Local Arguments
(second edition, Longman, 2010).
2006-2007
Tutor, WSU Distance Degree Programs via eTutoring.org.
2005-2008
Portfolio Reader, Writing Programs, Washington State University, Pullman
Evaluate junior-level writing portfolios for continuation into writing in the major courses, need
for additional writing coursework
2003-2008
Placement Reader, Writing Programs, Washington State University, Pullman
Evaluate student entry exams: placement in English, Honors English, and ESL writing courses
2002-2005
Tutor, Writing Programs, Washington State University, Pullman
Spring 2002:
Private Tutor, high school English and Language Arts.
Spring 2001
Intern, English 131: Introduction to Literature, Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane, WA
Fall 2000
Intern, English 170: Introduction to Literature, Eastern Washington University
Spring 2000
Intern, English 131: Introduction to Literature, Spokane Community College, Spokane, WA
Spring 2000
Tutor, Writing Skills Center, Eastern Washington University
Editorial Experience
Jan 2005-present:
Editor, Ridgelines: The Newsletter of the Idaho Chapter of the Sierra Club
Edit, design, solicit contributions, and write for a quarterly newsletter covering
environmental issues specific to Eastern Washington and Idaho
July 1996-Nov 2002:
Contributing Editor, Material Handling Wholesaler magazine
Editor of and a writer for an industry publication for dealers, manufacturers, and
wholesalers of material handling equipment. Originally a full-time position with the
publisher. After the magazine changed hands in January 1999, edited and wrote on a
freelance basis.
Professional Service
2013-present
College of Arts and Sciences UCOR Curriculum Committee
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2012-present
Faculty Advisor, Culinary Society of Seattle University
2011-present
Faculty Director, Health and Wellness Living-Learning Community, Seattle University
2010-2012
College of Arts& Sciences Faculty-Staff Assembly Coordinating Committee, Seattle University
2008-2011
College of Arts & Sciences Sustainability Committee, Seattle University
2007-2008
Scholarship and Awards Committee, English Department, Washington State University
2005-2006
President, English Graduate Organization, Washington State University
2005-2006
Member, Curriculum and Planning Committee, English Department, Washington State University
2004-2005
Colloquium Chair, English Graduate Organization, Washington State University
Organizer of teaching workshops, speakers, and events for graduate students
2003-2004
Faculty Representative, English Graduate Organization, Washington State University, Pullman
Honors and Awards
2011-2012
Academic Service-Learning Faculty Fellow, Seattle University
Summer 2011 Faculty Fellow, Summer Environmental Justice Seminar, Seattle University
2007-2008
Charles Blackburn Postdoctoral Fellowship, awarded based on excellence in teaching,
dissertation, and service, Washington State University
2006-2007
Distinguished Teaching Award, English, Washington State University
2002-2006
Teaching Assistantship, Department of English, Washington State University
2002-2004
Graduate Scholar Award
1999-2001
Teaching Assistantship, Department of English, Eastern Washington University
1992-1996
Washington Scholar, in-state Tuition Scholarship, University of Washington
1992-1996
National Merit Scholarship, University of Washington
Professional Memberships
Association for the Study of Literature and Environment, Western Literature Association, National Council of
Teachers of English